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WD Red for Desktop Drive?

YellowMenace
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I know they're ment for NASes and RAID arrays but how fast should a WD Red be for a desktop boot drive? How reliable are they for constant and prolonged use rather than the high reads and the occasional write on a server?

I have one and the read speeds seem remarkably slow. Accessing an image folder (roughly 100+Mb) takes more than 30 seconds for the thumbnails to even appear. Boot is nothing really bad, under 1 minute to load from a cold boot.

For general use, it seems slow, should it be this way?

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It would be fine

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In single drive performance, they would compare to something like a WD Green, you're better off buying a Blue or even a Black drive.

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It would be okay but a bit too expensive...

In single drive performance, they would compare to something like a WD Green, you're better off buying a Blue or even a Black drive.

I already have he drive, It was the only drive they had at my local Frys that wasn't a laptop drive or a WD Black for $120.

I'm mainly asking about the weird read/ write speeds on the dive.

CPU: AMD FX 8320e | Mobo: Gigabyte GA‑78LMT‑USB3 | Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper n520 | RAM: 8Gb @ 1333MHz

 

GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1060 mITX | PSU: Antec HCG 520w | Storage: Sandisk 120GB - WD Red 1TB | Case: Modded IBM A50 sleeper

 

All displayed on an AOC I2421VWH

 

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I already have he drive, It was the only drive they had at my local Frys that wasn't a laptop drive or a WD Black for $120.

I'm mainly asking about the weird read/ write speeds on the dive.

Red is good for backup and not so good for streaming content or playing games.

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